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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + G7 leaders pledge billion jabs in Covid-19 fight + Northern Ireland overshadows Johnson-Biden meeting + Call for action to end 'nightmare' in Ethiopia's Tigray + Wife of 'El Chapo' pleads guilty to drug trafficking + Four months jail for Frenchman who slapped Macron G7-summit,WRAP FALMOUTH, United Kingdom G7 leaders open a three-day summit aimed at helping to end the Covid-19 pandemic and forge a climate-centric economic recovery, after pledging to donate one billion vaccine doses for the world's poorest countries. 750 words 0200 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: G7-summit,FACTS G7-summit-health-virus,FACTS Britain-US-G7-NATO-EU-Russia-Biden,WRAP CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plays down reported tensions with US President Joe Biden over the impact of Brexit on the fragile peace in Northern Ireland, after the pair hold their first face-to-face talks on the eve of a G7 summit. 750 words moved by Jerome Cartillier, Jitendra Joshi and Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Britain-US-politics-diplomacy-Biden fashion Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict,WRAP BRUSSELS The US and EU issue an impassioned plea for greater international efforts to tackle an emerging famine in Ethiopia's Tigray and end the conflict wracking the region. 650 words moved US-Mexico-drugs-Coronel,WRAP WASHINGTON The wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleads guilty to helping her husband smuggle narcotics into the United States. 500 words moved France-politics-Macron-slap,WRAP VALENCE, France A court sentences to four months in prison a man who slapped President Emmanuel Macron across the face after being angered by what he said was the French leader's "friendly and mendacious" look. 750 words moved by Ulysse Bellier. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-Cyprus-art,VIDEOESSAY NICOSIA An Athenian "neo-muralist" is blending Greek mythology and Byzantine iconography with graffiti and street art to depict how the coronavirus has forced people the world over to put down roots. 600 words 0300 GMT by David Vujanovic. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-cruises-travel,FOCUS MIAMI US-based cruise lines are chafing to resume voyages from Florida ports in July as the pandemic wanes -- but for vaccinated passengers only -- yet the state and its governor won't let them demand proof of vaccination. 800 words 0300 GMT by Leila Macor. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA A Peruvian prosecutor seeks preventive custody for presidential hopeful Keiko Fujimori, who is disputing thousands of votes cast four days ago as she trails in the prolonged, nail-biting final count. 700 words 0230 GMT by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Congress-antiSemitism,WRAP WASHINGTON US congresswoman Ilhan Omar faces broad condemnation including from her Democratic Party's leadership after the Muslim lawmaker accused the United States and Israel of "unthinkable atrocities" comparable to those of Hamas and the Taliban. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes US-China-Taiwan-diplomacy-trade,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's administration commits to resuming trade talks with Taiwan in its highest-level contact yet with the island, brushing off warnings by Beijing against pursuing an economic pact. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File Picture Canada-crime-court-Islam,WRAP OTTAWA A Canadian man accused of slamming his pick-up truck into a Muslim family in London, Ontario, killing four people, makes a brief court appearance as new details emerge about him in the local press. 600 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture Venezuela-health-economy,FOCUS CARACAS Johany Perez, a stretcher-bearer at a hospital in Caracas, earns a "starvation wage" of the minimum $2.20 a month in a Venezuela wracked by a severe economic crisis. 650 words 0130 GMT by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-opposition-politics-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption group vows to fight on after a court branded it an "extremist" organisation and ordered its closure. 900 words moved by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,CHRONO Spain-politics-Podemos,ADVANCER MADRID The radical left-wing Podemos, junior partner in Spain's ruling coalition, is expected to name Ione Belarra as its leader Sunday after the departure of Pablo Iglesias, who founded the faction in 2014. 650 words 0300 GMT by Alvaro Villalobos. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-vote-nuclear,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran's presidential vote next week will likely replace a moderate with an ultraconservative, but this shouldn't derail ongoing nuclear talks because there is a broad political consensus in Tehran that they should succeed, analysts say. 700 words 0230 GMT by Marc Jourdier. File picture. Graphic Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FOCUS JERUSALEM Aref Hammad's neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem shot to recent world attention, but he fears without continued international pressure he will still be expelled from his home. 800 words 0230 GMT by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video Egypt-economy-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt is banking on a $500-million Gaza reconstruction project to shore up its influence in the Middle East, capitalising on clout it garnered by brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. 750 words 0300 GMT by Bassem Aboualabass Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JENIN, Palestinian Territories Three Palestinians are killed by Israeli special forces who were on a mission to arrest suspected "terrorists" in the occupied West Bank, sources on both sides say. 500 words moved by Jaafar Ashtiyeh. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Lod,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Algeria-vote,ADVANCER TUNIS Algeria holds parliamentary elections Saturday under the shadow of a boycott by a protest movement and deep scepticism that the North African nation can exit political paralysis or economic crisis. 750 words moved by Philippe Agret. File picture. File video France-Sahel-military-Mali,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron announces a major drawdown of France's military presence in the Sahel where forces have been battling jihadist insurgents for nearly a decade 550 words moved by Jurgen Hecker and Adam Plowright. Picture. Video Also moved: Sahel-France-unrest-facts Africa-Niger-Sahel,FACTS CAfrica-unrest-politics,WRAP BANGUI Central African Republic Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada and his government resign, setting the stage for a political reshuffle in an impoverished country struggling with a rebellion and a bustup with its traditional ally France. 550 words moved -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- US-wildlife-wolves,lead WASHINGTON Colorado reports its first litter of gray wolf pups in 80 years, a major milestone in the western state's efforts to reintroduce the iconic species even as it stands imperiled in other parts of the country. 500 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will clash for the 58th time on the same court where they first met 15 years ago with a place in the French Open final at stake. 550 words 0230 GMT by Dave James. Picture Fbl-Copa-2021,PREVIEW RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil kicks-off the Copa America that almost never was on Sunday, on home soil for the second time in three years with minnows Venezuela as their opponents in a tournament already dominated by issues off the pitch. 750 words 0130 GMT Also moving: Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-health-virus-court,WRAP Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-health-virus,FOCUS Fbl-Euro-2020-2021-health-virus,WRAP PARIS An in-form Italy face Turkey in Rome as Euro 2020 finally gets underway a year behind schedule and with the coronavirus continuing to cast a shadow over the tournament. 750 words 0130 GMT by Andy Scott with Emmeline Moore in Rome. Picture. Graphic afp
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